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Editorial

Feb 28, 2017

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I vividly recall the feeling when Superflat show opened at MOCA. The line stretched across the Pacific Design Center campus, music was blasting from a tented reception area, and contemporary art was suddenly cool for fans of fashion, comics, and rock 'n' roll. The annual L.A. Art Book Fair at MOCA in Little Tokyo is kind...

Editorial

Jan 03, 2017

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One of the best things about having a houseguest is being motivated to check out stuff in your hometown that you might have been too busy to appreciate. At MOCA's Geffen Contemporary in Little Tokyo, we finally visited Doug Aitken's Electric Earth. The comprehensive, midcareer retrospective is as architectural as it is electric, with roomfuls of...

Editorial

Feb 03, 2015

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Every Super Bowl weekend, a large group of people gathers in Los Angeles to get stoked, give bro hugs, and share high fives. Not football fans but collectors of art books from photocopied, staple-and-fold zines to deluxe coffee table collectables to everything in between. My wife and I were only able to drop in to...

Editorial

Feb 04, 2014

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Once a year, the LA Art Book Fair takes over MOCA's Geffen Contemporary space in Little Tokyo. Vendors pay for their spaces but admission is free to anyone who is interested in artists’ books, catalogs, periodicals, zines, and prints from an international array of publishers of all sizes, booksellers, and artists themselves. Of course I had...